By Dave Rubenstein, President and CEO of California Ethanol + Power Special to The Digest Some 20+ years ago, as California announced plans to reduce transportation emissions through carbon reduction mandates and diversification of its energy portfolio, an inspired group of Imperial Valley farmers came up with an idea. Amid the 2008 recession, they saw […]
Energy production from sewage sludge especially at small-scale using Anaerobic Digestion typically does not produce significant value with the current available AD technology due to low Carbon Conversion Efficiency (generally less than 50%). Here a team of researchers led by Birgitte Ahring of Washington State University proposed a novel concept, which will overcome this problem […]
Federal funds are available to support commercial-scale projects. However, Different Federal Departments/Agencies can have different priority areas. SOme are Restricted to small businesses, some to rural areas. All programs have limits on funding amount, and some programs only support: projects that are commercially available, or new innovative or commercial projects with significant new innovative technology. […]
In New Mexico, state Governor Lujan Grisham today signed the Clean Transportation Fuels Standard, highlighting both the growing appeal and support for a technology-neutral policy to decarbonize transportation, and the substantial benefits it delivers to climate, air quality, and economic development. The Low Carbon Fuels Coalition established the New Mexico coalition supporting the bill and […]
Boundless is an environmental impact analysis firm which provides objective and actionable impact analytics. Their process employs traditional Life Cycle Analysis, selecting key environmental metrics customized for specific industries and integrating essential financial metrics to give the investor a clear picture of how their investment brings about environmental improvements — and, building techno-economic analyses better, […]
In this presentation, we explored the challenges faced by advanced biorefinery developers in shifting energy towards low carbon alternatives — new processes, structuring multiple feedstocks and products within one vision, new feedstocks, the role of low carbon standards ,the impact of rising interest rates, the capex challenge, and more. The Digest’s Jim Lane presented these […]
In Florida, The Daily Digest announced the Bioeconomy 500 for 2024, which recognizes individuals for their leadership contributions to the bioeconomy’s development and project deployment. The Bioeconomy 500 honors scientists, engineers, policy makers, financiers, project developers, feedstock pioneers, offtakers, advocates and supply-chain and distribution partners. All Digest subscribers were eligible to nominate candidates of […]
By Joel Stone, LEC Partners Special to The Digest Soil Carbon Capture Sequestration (SCCS), low carbon intensity (low CI) scores and the Small Water Cycle are connected through various ecological and hydrological processes that occur within terrestrial ecosystems. SCCS refers to the process of capturing and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere in soil […]
OPAL Fuels is a fully integrated, nationwide leader in the production and distribution of low-carbon intensity renewable natural gas (RNG). Our vertical waste-to-energy model combines the upstream production and downstream marketing and distribution of RNG, delivering a scalable, low-cost solution to decarbonize heavy-duty transportation and other industrial markets. We produce our RNG by capturing harmful […]
CO2, the final frontier. We have, famously, too much of it, and can do too little with us for too high a cost. Yet, researchers are teasing out exciting new applications, such as a pathway to liquid fuels, using CO2 and *usually) water as feedstock for eFuels. Axens’ Mukund Yallambalse presented these slides at ABLC […]
